Staff for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) are working around the clock Friday to manage a rare January storm that hit the Chicago region last night. The National Weather Service reported that approximately 1.92 inches of rain fell over the Chicago area yesterday, with many gauges across the region reporting over 2.5 inches in communities southwest of the city, and rain fell heavily in a matter of hours.

The McCook Reservoir and Thornton Composite Reservoir are currently holding approximately 3.4 BG of water.

Board meetings are open to the public and can be streamed online.

For The Love of Water (FLOW) is a summary of news from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.

Each day, the MWRD treats the region’s wastewater and transforms it into clean water in a matter of hours to be returned to the environment.